![]() ![]() One of the reasons for the defeat (and slaughter) of the Russian 2nd Army was the incredible blunder of the Russian commanders sending each other un-coded messages explaining their tactics and intentions (Samsonov was informing his colleague of the 1st Army, in the north, of his intentions and plans)! Needless to say that the Germans intercepted the messages, read them and had a perfect view of the situation enabling them to maneuver and trap the Russians. Both players have options and can achieve. In total, over 50,000 Russian soldiers were killed and some 92,000 taken as prisoners in the Battle of Tannenberg. The historical outcome at Tannenberg was the destruction of Samsonovs army, but it need not have been so. ![]() Ludendorff (that they will become, after the exit of Russia from the war, commanders in the west). A disturbing effect of Tannenberg was that it gave the Germans false expectations of victory in the Great War, and it established the myth of invincibility of generals Hindenburg and Ludendorff, who had less to do with the battle than they and official propaganda would have had the German war-time public believe. It was an extraordinary victory for Germany. The battle was orchestrated by the two masterminds of German Strategy/Tactics in WWI, Gen. In 1914, the Battle of Tannenberg was fought between Imperial Germany and Russia. The outcome was the almost complete destruction of the 2nd army (its commander Gen. The Battle of Tannenberg, in August 1914, was the consequence of Russias commitment to an immediate offensive during World War I. The battle of Tannenberg was fought basically between the German 8th army and the advancing Russian 2nd Army.
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